1. What was the name of Theodore Roosevelt’s wife when he held the office of United States President?
(a) Edith Carow Roosevelt.
(b) Alice Lee Roosevelt.
(c) Eleanor Roosevelt.
(d) Susan Elizabeth Roosevelt.

2. The author describes an incident in Liverpool when Theodore Roosevelt was turned down by a vendor when he went to purchase what substance in Chapter 2, “The Mind, but Not the Body”?
(a) Formaldehyde.
(b) Arsenic.
(c) Cannabis.
(d) Morphine.

3. While at the 1884 Republican Convention, Theodore Roosevelt learned that who planned to veto several of his bills, according to the author in Chapter 10, “The Delegate-at-Large”?
(a) Grover Cleveland.
(b) Titus Sheard.
(c) James G. Blaine.
(d) George Edmunds.

4. What was the cause of death of Alice Roosevelt following the death of her and Theodore’s daughter, Alice Lee Roosevelt?
(a) Cancer.
(b) Bright’s disease.
(c) A brain aneurysm.
(d) Crohn’s disease.

5. Thomas Roosevelt’s family largely spent their summers at an estate located where?
(a) Oyster Bay, New York.
(b) Richfield Springs, New York.
(c) Brighton Beach, New York.
(d) Coney Island, New York.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Prologue of The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt opens with a detailed description of President Roosevelt greeting guests on New Year’s Day of what year?

2. At what address did the Roosevelt family live when Theodore Roosevelt was born?

3. Where did Theodore Roosevelt live while he studied in college?

4. What was the name of the horse that Theodore Roosevelt had sent to Cambridge in order to pursue his courtship of Alice Lee?

5. Where was Theodore Roosevelt’s mother from?

(see the answer key)

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